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8-State Monument

In 1934, the Woman's Relief Corps erected a monument for the eight states that did not have a monument at Andersonville, The War Department gave the WRC permission to erect the monument. The monument lists the following:

STATE

NUMBER OF DEAD

Delaware

42

Kansas

4

Kentucky

445

Maryland

188

Missouri

105

New Hampshire

154

Vermont

248

West Virginia

230

The monument was dedicated at ceremonies held on February 2, 1936. It is the most southerly in the first row of monuments located on the west side of the prison site and is the last monument erected at Andersonville by the Woman's Relief Corps.